If you haven’t heard, our home in Janesville, Wisconsin has been rented out. The house had been for sale for just over a year. Then in March, we felt the Lord leading us to put the house up for rent. We received quick confirmation from Him when the house was rented out in just over a week’s time. We will be taking a few days to visit some family along the way, as well as a few days of family vacation time.
You may recall the possibility of a home opening up for us on the ranch in Tijuana. Well, the Head Cook that Ron filled in for last year will be returning this summer, so we are very excited about that. We will be staying in the same three bedroom apartment where we resided last year. What will we be doing when we get there? We will be starting the home building ministry, as well as leading some other construction teams and working on various YUGO construction projects. During outreach weeks, we hope to be used in other ways. We are excited to share that the first week in August, there will be a team of 14 college students/young adults, including two adult leaders, coming to Tijuana to build a home. This team was formed from the College/Young Adult ministry that we have worked with for the past five years at our home church – Faith Community. We are also planning to visit Ensenada for a week at the beginning of June, to see how they run their construction ministry. Please pray for the ministry opportunities that have opened up in the Mexicali area, approximately three hours away from Tijuana. You may recall hearing about a 7.2 earthquake whose epicenter was right near Mexicali at the beginning of April. (Large enough that it was felt in Tijuana.) Hundreds, if not thousands of people, have been reduced to living in tents or vehicles outside of their homes because they are no longer safe to live in. Ron has been asked to pray about being part of this outreach opportunity. Please pray with us as he takes this under consideration.
You may be wondering how we are able to go to Mexico without having our full financial support raised. Technically, we will be going under a temporary status with YUGO. They still require full-time missionaries to have 100% of their support raised. Make no mistake, we do not plan or hope to return to the States in order to raise more support. Due to the generous giving of family and friends, from both previous gifts, as well as ongoing donations, we will be able to spend some time beginning our ministry there. Our prayer is that God will use this to grow our prayer and financial partners. If you, your church, or small group would like more information about partnering with us in this ministry or about sending a team to Mexico, please contact us. 
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